1. Explain the significance of the first four stanzas of "Cinderella."
The significance of the first stanzas is that it details real-life fairy tales that we would hear on television: a plumber wins the lottery or a nursemaid is married by the oldest son of her rich employer. Each of this example in a low or poor position and through some fate, they were changed in a position of means or power. Each of the four stanzas are somewhat cliche "from rags to riches, and it ended with a sarcastic phrase, "That story." In these four stanzas, Anne Sexton showed her sarcasm that she doesn't really believe in such real-life fairy tales stories.
Good work, Zyra! Why would she choose to start Cinderella this way? Why is she so critical of the "rags to riches" story?
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